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"Story from the Legends": This is how the sophisticated method of stealing vehicles worked

The central unit at the Central Border Police uncovered a network for the theft of luxury vehicles that operated in Israel and the Occupied Territories. The thieves installed locators in the garage and duplicated the car key and lock code before it was sold. After the sale, they located the vehicle and returned it to its collection.

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• Judea and Samaria
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The Central Unit at the Border Police has captured a car theft network that operated in Israel and the Palestinian Authority and stole hundreds of vehicles. The thieves acted in a sophisticated method that the Border Police called a "legend." and the thieves were sent to him with duplicates.

every year, the number of vehicles on the roads of Israel but perhaps surprisingly, coincided with a significant drop in car thefts in the 90s were rampant. development of technology has made the task of theft for offenders more complex but not To the impossible.

For a long time, the Central Unit of the Border Police received intelligence on the sophisticated method of stealing vehicles. The investigation around the method was even called a "story from the legends" at the Border Police Center. The method included close cooperation between garages in Israel and garages in the PA's territories, and intelligence information and many actions taken by the police led to its exposure.

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Deputy Superintendent Haim Azrad, commander of the Central Border Police, said the thieves even sent "warnings" to inform the driver of the stolen vehicle of police checkpoints on the route. "When transporting the stolen vehicle to the territories, there is another backup vehicle that travels a few hundred meters in front of the stolen vehicle and warns if there is a police checkpoint," he said. "We caught four guys who were involved in the theft with this method and managed to crack it. Some of them who were driving the stolen vehicle did not have a driver's license at all."

According to Sen. Azar, "there was cooperation between garages in the territories of Israel and garages in the territories of Judea and Samaria. In our estimation, many dozens of luxury vehicles were stolen with this method. There are also Israelis are trying to save money and put the vehicle Palestinian Authority against the law then also surprised later the vehicle was stolen them. "

Central unit of the Border Police managed to stop in the last couple of car thieves operating in this method and indicted two of them - residents of Taybeh, one Of these, he is the owner of the garage that sent the vehicle to the territories. The police attribute them to car theft, conspiracy to commit a crime and driving without a license and insurance.

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As part of the investigation, more indictments are expected in the near future. The central unit at the Border Police has declared a war of attrition in the theft of luxury vehicles. "The parts of the luxury vehicles are worth a lot of money and are traded," Sen. Azrad explained in a conversation with Walla! NEWS. According to him, many resources and technological means are invested in order to locate such stolen vehicles and return them to their owners.

"Understanding that the offense of car theft hurts a citizen and significantly impairs his pocket and routine of life, tremendous efforts are being made to reduce vehicle theft, stop gangs and criminals, and return stolen vehicles to their owners quickly and efficiently," a police source told Walla! NEWS. "It is not for nothing that the number of car thefts in Israel in the past year is the lowest in decades. This is despite the fact that during this period the number of vehicles moving on the road doubled."

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